Bauma Innovation Award winners announced

The winners of the Bauma Innovation Award have been announced in a ceremony carried out prior to the official opening of the show.

133 companies initially applied for the award, before a jury whittled the list down to 41 finalists.

15 of the finalists made it through to the final selection process, which was carried out in the Max Joseph Hall at the Munich Residenz on Sunday 23 October.

The winners of the Bauma Innovation Award are as follows:

Climate protection: Liebherr France SAS with its hydrogen-powered excavator

Digitalisation: MiC 4.0 Machines in Construction with one common digital language for construction sites

Mechanical engineering: Herrenknecht AG with its continuous advance

Construction: Holcim (Germany) GmbH with CPC – Carbon Pre-stressed Concrete

Research: Freiberg University of Mining and Technology Mechanical Engineering Institute with Deep Sea Sampling

The winners of the awards were determined by the expert panel as well as trade journalists, who were asked to vote for their favourite innovation as part of the final round of voting.

Panellists for the awards include event organisers Messe München, VDMA Construction Equipment and Plant Engineering, the Federation of the German Construction Industry (HDB), the German Construction Confederation (ZDB) and the German Building Materials Association (BBS).